Travelling from outside London
Get in on the action - Trafalgar Square 1-3pm, Saturday 4 November.
Book early, and you'll get yourself a good deal for your jouney using public transport.
If you are organising a coach, train, mass bike ride, or other journey, please tell us.
Rail
Groups of 10 or more can obtain preferential rates directly from train operators. Plus many train companies offer a GroupSave promotion where up to four people can travel for the price of 2 adults.
Car: if you cannot avoid coming by car fill it up with others near you! Go to www.liftshare.org to find others on route or in your town to share with.
Bus & Coach
MegaBus: £2 to London from anywhere in the country!
You can travel to the event from any Megabus destination for just £2 each way plus a 50p booking fee.
The deal includes travel the day before, Friday 3rd, and after, Sunday 5th of November. Use www.megabus.com for timetables.
Phone the special line on 07740 938 954 which is open 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday. Have your credit card ready.
You need to quote 'RSPB 2006' to get the special offer. Bookings are restricted to a maximum of 15 people per booking. The event starts at 1pm so aim to arrive with enough time to get to Trafalgar Square. It finishes at 3pm.
The bus will arrive at Greenline Coach Station, Victoria. It’s only a 20 minute walk from Victoria to Trafalgar Square, or there are plenty of public transport connections.
Transport from the regions
Below is a list of transport that is being arranged by supporters attending the i count event. If you would like further information about any of these transport options please contact the organiser directly. Stop Climate Chaos does not accept any responsibility for the transport options below.
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The following people have organised regional transport to I Count on Saturday 4th November in Trafalgar Square. Feel free to contact them about travel arrangements in the same local area.
Megabus tickets:
Birmingham: Louise Hazan at Friends of the Earth has booked 15 Megabus tickets. You can get yours from her by emailing: [email protected] or calling 0121 643 9117.
Train:
Derby: Reverend Stuart Radford is travelling by the 8.34 train, meet him at 8.25 to travel together. He is happy to answer questions about bookings and trains. Contact him on [email protected] or 01332 516883
Gillingham: [email protected] is arranging a train, please email for more details.
Leeds: Tidal have block booked 40 cheap tickets - phone 0113 3917917 or email [email protected] to get hold of them. The train leaves Leeds station at 9.40am arriving in London at 12.26. There is a choice of return trains; leaving 4.10 or 5.10 and arriving in Leeds at 6.55 or 7.55.
Southampton: contact Jani Franck,[email protected] for details about group bookings for the 9am train from Southampton Central. They are also making posters and banners on Thursday 2nd November.
Taunton: Callie Gauntlett and family are travelling with a few friends, contact her to meet at the station and travel up together or to work out a block booking. 01823 400054
Private Coaches:
Bath: see Bradford on Avon
Birmingham: Contact Stuart Richardson Tel: 0777 594 2841 [email protected] or Matthew, [email protected]
Coach leaves -
8.00 am : Sutton Coldfierld Bus Terminal
8.15 am : St Barnabas Church, High Street, Erdington
8.30 am : Carrs Lane Church, City CentreBishops Stortford:
Bishop's Stortford, Herts: coach is leaving from nearby Takeleyat 10.00 am prompt, arriving in London approx 11.30 am. We aim to arrive back at Takeley at approximately 5 pm.Cost per seat: £10. Contact Denise Williams (Stop Stansted Expansion) [email protected] or call 01279 870558.The coach will be parked in the entrance to AKLOWA which is a few yards along from the SSE office at Takeley. Aklowa is within easy reach of the M11 junction 8; take the B1256 signed Takeley for approximately 2 miles and you will see Aklowa on your left hand side. If you reach the traffic lights at The Takeley Four Ashes public house, you have missed it.
Bradford: Contact Brian Collier, [email protected]. Tel: 07968 226996
Departs from Great Horton Road, outside the University. Leaves at 7am, returns about midnight Tickets £16 and £10, from:
- Graham 07956 856103
- Brian 07968 226996
- Chris JustChurch, 2 Ashgrove, by Treehouse Cafe
- University Students Union Finance Office, Communal Building
Bradford Upon Avon: If you're from this area contact Laura Holvey [email protected] 01225 722787 in evenings or 07743 143124 for more details. The coach leaves at 8am and picks up in Bath along the way, arriving in London at 11am, departing London 4.30.Cost £10.00 return.
Contact: Mark 07792 923379 / 01179147009 or [email protected] or Jo Weston [email protected]
Tickets are on sale at La Ruca on Gloucester Road and Circle Books in Bedminster. The coaches are running on biodiesel!
Cardiff: A bus will be leaving from the bottom of Westgate Street (opposite the bus and train station) at 7am and return at approximately 9pm.
To book your seat email [email protected] or call 02920 454 970
£10 return to be paid on the day, but you must book your place to avoid disappointment.
A second Cardiff bus can be booked by contacting [email protected] or 07940 108146
Cheltenham: Cathy Green has booked a coach, which will also stop off in Cirencester. Contact [email protected] to be on it.
Cirencester: Peter Wiggin has arranged a coach, which will leave around 9am, if you'd like to travel on it email [email protected] or phone 01285 885331 or 07941 370579
Derby: The coach leaves for outside the Council House at 8.15 am and leaves London about 5:00 pm. Tickets can be purchased from Sound Bites - 11 The Morledge. Tickets are £12.50 and £8.00. For further details ring Martin on 01332 558638.
The coach is leaving for the demo at 7.30am, from Waterdale, outside Ward Bros. Tickets are £20 waged, £10 low-waged/retired and £5 unemployed/children. Contact Ted, as above.
Frome: a coaches leaves about 8.30 and reurns about 7pm. Contact Tim on 01373 474456 or [email protected] or Ben on 01373 466399 or [email protected]
Hereford: Herefordshire FOE are organising a few coaches. Deadline for booking a place is 1st November. Contact us at [email protected] or ring 01432 850647, see for more details www.herefordshirefoe.org.uk
Hull: Guy Moore is planning transport from Hull. Contact him on [email protected] or 01482 218429
Ipswich: Dave Fincham is arranging a coach, it will be leaving Ipswich at 9:00am.email [email protected] or phone 07736 826069. Tickets are £10.00 waged, £5.00 unwaged. We expect to meet the 12.00 demo at Grosvenor Square.
Lincoln: The coach leaves at 7.30am and will arrive in London about midday. Contact Sally Horscroft for tickets, which are £15, depending on numbers. 07796 141710 or [email protected]
Leicester: Pick up is Leicester Forest East service station on the M1. For details on prices and contact see Nottingham, below.
Leeds: Peter Traynor is planning a coach from the University. He’d like to hear if you’re interested; let him know on 07739 462376 or [email protected]
Liverpool: Tickets cost £20 (£15 concessions) and it leaves at 7am on Saturday 4th from Hardman St, Liverpool City Centre. Tickets are available from the News from Nowhere bookshop, 96 Bold Street, Phone: 0151 708 7270, Email: [email protected]
Llanidloes, Wales: Gwen Prince has booked a coach, contact her on [email protected]
Marlborough: Picks up outside the Jubilee Rooms at 9:30am. See Swindon for booking details.
Nailsworth, Gloucestershire: there's a coach going to I Count in London, contact John Marjoram on 014543 750 962 for a booking - more details re times and fares soon.
Newquay: The coach will leave from the Co-op car park at 5.15, and cost around £35 contact Joanie Willett 0781 3851720 or [email protected]
Nottingham: Jeannie is organising a coach to London, it'll leave The Salutation Inn, Maid Marion Way at 8am. Tickets cost £8 unwaged and £18 waged - but there's the chance of refund if it get filled. Email her [email protected] or phone 0115 9166385
Mold, North Wales: the coach will leave Mold from the old KwikSave car-park at 6am, and pick up in Wrexham from the Sainsbury car-park at 6.20am, hoping to arrive in Grosvenor Square approx mid-day. Cost £20, £15 for students (approx £5 refund if we get a full coach. Contact Rob on 01352 710714
Oxford: Tickets for coaches from Oxford are £10 and £5 unwaged, and are available from: The Quaker Centre; The Inner Bookshop,
East Oxford Farmers' Market and Dave: telephone: 07985 056089.
The coach leave St. Giles in Oxford at 9am.
Plymouth: Sally Murrall at Plymouth University has organised a coach - email her to book a place [email protected] The tickets are £10 for students and £14 for non students.
Reading: Coaches planned to go from Reading to Grovesnor Square. Leaving Reading at 9.30. Returning after the event at approx 4.30. Tickets £8, Concessions £5. Tickets available from the RISC shop, through [email protected], or by phoning 0118 972 2148, or by tracking down Mel from the University Amnesty International group.
Sheffield: Coaches leave Paternoster Row at 7am, drop Park Lane and return from Embankment at 4pm
Tickets £20 waged/solidarity/£15 low waged/£10 unwaged/students
Bookings: 07870 565 011 or [email protected]
South West Wales: Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire& Carmarthenshire:Coach with toilet, fueled by biodieselwith the following pick up points: Cardigan (Finch Square), Crymych (in front of the leisure centre), Penblewyncar park(on A40 near Narbeth),Carmarthen (to be confirmed) and Crosshands (Leekes car park). Pick up times will be confirmed nearer the event. Tickets available through contacting Daniel Blackburn , Veg Oil Motoring on: 01239 698237 or emailing: [email protected]
Stroud, Gloucestershire: see Nailsworth
Swansea: A coach leaves at 7am from Wellington St. (by central Tesco's). Aiming to get to Grosvenor Sq by 11;00-12:00. We leave London at 5pm. The tickets are £17 waged & £10 unwaged. Ring Loppy on 01792 561229 for info/tickets, buy tickets at Swansea Environment Centre, Pier St, Swansea or [email protected]
Swindon: Andy Parsons has booked a coach leaving outside the old Swindon College building on Crombey Street at 9am. Tickets will be £10 [email protected] 07791 751877 or 01793 791114.
Truro: see Newquay
York: arranged by Andy D'Agorne, Green Party councillor.
Departs 7am from Memorial Gardens, Leeman Road (near Station/City Walls) Departs approx. 7:10am from Goodricke/Rodger Kirk Carpark, University of York.
Returns about midnight. Please state which pickup point you want when booking.
Tickets £16 and £10 from:
- Fairer World, 84 Gillygate - 01904 655116
- Graham - 07956 856103
- York University People & Planet Group
Wales: see South West Wales, Mold or Cardiff.
Wimborne Dorset: Alison Francis, [email protected] 01202 886938 has booked a coach. Leaves Allendale car park at 9am, and arrives back aroound 6pm. The cost will be £11.00.
To book a place people should send a cheque for this amount made to A.M.Francis, and send it to: Michael Evans, Farrs Coach House Cowgrove Road, Wimborne BH21 4EL